Hello,
I just got my Samsung Captivate Glide today. I am based in the UK so I have a few questions:
- From what I have seen, there are two mods available for this model, Osimod and Inc3ption. What are the differences and what are people using?
- Will flashing one of these unlock the phone from AT&T?
Any other tips & tricks for a new user are very welcome!
Thanks!
Lisali said:
Hello,
I just got my Samsung Captivate Glide today. I am based in the UK so I have a few questions:
- From what I have seen, there are two mods available for this model, Osimod and Inc3ption. What are the differences and what are people using?
- Will flashing one of these unlock the phone from AT&T?
Any other tips & tricks for a new user are very welcome!
Thanks!
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Please look at this link as their are more then 2 roms:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1621350
Unfortunately to unlock you will have to purchase an unlock code or there is a way to unlock but you will get a generic MEI number which may not work for some providers.
Welcome to the wonderful world of the Captivate Glide!
JB
Lisali said:
Hello,
I just got my Samsung Captivate Glide today. I am based in the UK so I have a few questions:
- From what I have seen, there are two mods available for this model, Osimod and Inc3ption. What are the differences and what are people using?
- Will flashing one of these unlock the phone from AT&T?
Any other tips & tricks for a new user are very welcome!
Thanks!
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being in the time where ICS is hopefully near, devs may want to do all their work and time working on ICS....this is the reason i think why there are less ROMs/MODs here aside from less developers.
Meanwhile, I do have the Stock firmware installed, but I do have MODs (like root). Most of the mods I apply are in build.prop for performance, battery saving, and stability.
You can search build.prop custom settings and most of them works on the glide. I have been using build.prop settings since i got the glide and gives me good results...
Hi there,
Thanks so much for your replies!
What is the difference between a mod and a rom?
Also, I find it really strange that the phone does not have a notification LED and I read somewhere that you could make the menu buttons light up instead with a hack.
Thanks!
Lisali said:
Hi there,
Thanks so much for your replies!
What is the difference between a mod and a rom?
Also, I find it really strange that the phone does not have a notification LED and I read somewhere that you could make the menu buttons light up instead with a hack.
Thanks!
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ROM is like the whole system (don't know if it's right to call it the OS) that runs in the device....like the combination of apps, themes, settings, etc. So a phone without a ROM wont run.
MOD is short for Modifications (I believe), because stock and custom ROMs have default settings or MODs, your device will run without them, or you can improve the device's overall performance with it.
Lisali said:
Hi there,
Also, I find it really strange that the phone does not have a notification LED and I read somewhere that you could make the menu buttons light up instead with a hack.
Thanks!
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By default our phone does not support the use the menu button lights as led's but I have heard that there are special kernels and Roms to use that do support this. I have not tried this yet but I too find it attractive.
JB
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This might be a silly question, but considering how much longer the international GS2 users have had with the phone, there's a tremendous amount of mods out there that would be great additions to this particular edition of the GS2.
Would it be feasible for any of those to work over here? If so, are there specifically any that will work (such as, mods for the I9001 will work, but not the ones for I9000).
Thanks in advance!
Depends on what the mod is. Some will some won't. If you're not sure nandroid before applying.
How about a mod that gives you more options when you press the Power button: Restart (into Recovery, etc). Things like that.
If so, which would be the best model to get mods from, as far as most likely compatibility?
We're seeing "I've bricked my phone" posts from folks using i9100 mods, roms, etc, so be careful...
sent from my E4GT
xfusejc said:
How about a mod that gives you more options when you press the Power button: Restart (into Recovery, etc). Things like that.
If so, which would be the best model to get mods from, as far as most likely compatibility?
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I'd say there is no best model, use you best judgement, if the mod is effecting model specific features, aka something like a hotspot hack then it probably won't work.
As far as the exact feature you are requesting try Quickboot from the market, requires root but allows for rebooting and recovery shortcuts on a homescreen.
geekaren said:
We're seeing "I've bricked my phone" posts from folks using i9100 mods, roms, etc, so be careful...
sent from my E4GT
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sk63 said:
I'd say there is no best model, use you best judgement, if the mod is effecting model specific features, aka something like a hotspot hack then it probably won't work.
As far as the exact feature you are requesting try Quickboot from the market, requires reboot but allows for rebooting and recovery shortcuts on a homescreen.
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thank you both
So I don't have the phone, but I am interested, hence I have been following the whole rooting process, etc.
Simply put, as the phone has now been rooted, has anybody tried any of the standard Captivate ROMs yet? In particular, anybody try the Captivate ROM for Cyanogenmod on the Captivate Glide?
I gather it won't work seeing as how the underlying hardware is different (Hummingbird on the Captivate VS. Tegra 2 on the Captivate Glide), but who knows...
I'd try but I don't have the phone...yet
I am 99.9% Sure it will not work without any modification. The hardware of the glide is very different from the original captivate.
it will require different kernel at MINIMUM.plus hardware keyboard driver, open/close switch .... other drivers different as well...
Somebody needs to put out a system dump so we can start hacking this thing
crt60 said:
Somebody needs to put out a system dump so we can start hacking this thing
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We first need to have CWM
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We first need to have CWM
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What would be the procedure for getting CWM to work on this phone and do you think we will ever see something like CyanogenMod or a port of ICS on this phone?
vil33 said:
What would be the procedure for getting CWM to work on this phone and do you think we will ever see something like CyanogenMod or a port of ICS on this phone?
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They will probably release ics for this phone eventually
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do you have any insight?
Because ATT is not famous to update their phone
crt60 said:
They will probably release ics for this phone eventually
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do you have any insight?
Because ATT is not famous to update their phone
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Yeah, I'm pretty sure the original Captivate never got an official gingerbread release from AT&T.
So my confidence in AT&T is pretty low.
Not really a full mod but someone who knows how to remove all the preloaded crap on it should release a clean rom.
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Not really a full mod but someone who knows how to remove all the preloaded crap on it should release a clean rom.
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Work in progress but CWM would be an amazing plus!
Aside from loading a custom launcher or us getting a vanilla ROM,
Any way to adjust the 4 bottom nav icons with different ones?
much needed vanilla rom if you will
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Not really a full mod but someone who knows how to remove all the preloaded crap on it should release a clean rom.
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exactly what im looking for, a LITE version of the current rom so we can install our own apps for the certain things AT&T finds necessary for us to have..
clockwork58 said:
Aside from loading a custom launcher or us getting a vanilla ROM,
Any way to adjust the 4 bottom nav icons with different ones?
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assuming its like EVERY other touchwiz, open app drawer, hit menu, view type - customizable grid, then hit menu, edit. drag n drop your icons around however you like. when done, click menu, view type - alphabetical grid
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Work in progress but CWM would be an amazing plus!
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any news on getting cwm on our glides? or a cleaner rom perhaps
**on another note :i got the OC working finally (restating from my other post in your guide)
Battery Icon mod.
I have figured out how to change the battery icon in the status bar to show the percentage. the phone is programed to only show in 5% increments, but it't better that guessing!
I have posted a MOD thread here.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1396655
Please check it out and provide some feedback.
Thanks.
I got to change my icons, including the battery icon to a 5% increment one with rom toolbox very useful app!
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I will try to make an BLN activated kernel. So the Touch-Key-LEDs can be used! Without optical notification I can't use the phone. I really need it.
fatxdad said:
I will try to make an BLN activated kernel. So the Touch-Key-LEDs can be used! Without optical notification I can't use the phone. I really need it.
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Get this: NoLED
It's better than any notification light, and since our screens are OLED, only the icon area draws power. I've noticed no significant battery loss.
LagunaCid said:
I got to change my icons, including the battery icon to a 5% increment one with rom toolbox very useful app!
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I927R using Tapatalk
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Where did you get the 5% increment battery icons from? Rom Toolbox has only 1%, 10% and 20%.
I stopped by the other S4 forum (i9500/i9505) and noticed users reporting a new firmware update. Some mentioned faster transitions and camera updates as well as some other things.
Has anyone got a Ota of this? Or would we (T mobile) not get it?
Also wondering... if your rooted, would you even get a notification about it?
Thnx
criticalchild said:
I stopped by the other S4 forum (i9500/i9505) and noticed users reporting a new firmware update. Some mentioned faster transitions and camera updates as well as some other things.
Has anyone got a Ota of this? Or would we (T mobile) not get it?
Also wondering... if your rooted, would you even get a notification about it?
Thnx
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The firmware of the international version is not the same as firmware released by carriers. Carriers add a lot of stuff to their firmware and they do their own testing on them. It may take months for a carrier to release an update after the international version got it.
Since this is a new phone, I am sure T-Mobile will eventually release an update (most likely several updates). Just be patient.
criticalchild said:
I stopped by the other S4 forum (i9500/i9505) and noticed users reporting a new firmware update. Some mentioned faster transitions and camera updates as well as some other things.
Has anyone got a Ota of this? Or would we (T mobile) not get it?
Also wondering... if your rooted, would you even get a notification about it?
Thnx
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I found a website that has manual firmware updates for the different variations, but unfortunately I didn't save it. It's out there though, just Google it and I'm sure you'll run across it like I did, sorry couldn't be more assistance, if I find it again I'll post the link.
Edit: Okay I found it quicker than I thought I would, lol. Here's the link, hope it helps:
http://www.ibtimes.com/android-422-...alaxy-s4-gt-i9500-manual-installation-1237099
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Thanks for the clarification and info guys.
Definitely patient.. I dont have many issues w my s4 except home key timing, so I was hoping for fix.
Maybe some one can take a look at new firmware and see if there is any info within that could benefit our (tmo) devices?
I would do it but im not as proficient and knowledgable as some of our other members.
best
criticalchild said:
Thanks for the clarification and info guys.
Definitely patient.. I dont have many issues w my s4 except home key timing, so I was hoping for fix.
Maybe some one can take a look at new firmware and see if there is any info within that could benefit our (tmo) devices?
I would do it but im not as proficient and knowledgable as some of our other members.
best
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I have the i9500 and got the update a few days ago. The description from the update manager was "improved stability" which means they are ironing out the kinks. Another thing that is going to be updated and will surely be on your variant is locked kernels. This is a kernel level that blocks superuser from even executing code. Workarounds will have to be found/kernels compiled.
criticalchild said:
Thanks for the clarification and info guys.
Definitely patient.. I dont have many issues w my s4 except home key timing, so I was hoping for fix.
Maybe some one can take a look at new firmware and see if there is any info within that could benefit our (tmo) devices?
I would do it but im not as proficient and knowledgable as some of our other members.
best
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if you're referring to the home button lag, then just disable s voice like everybody else did, even back in the days of the S3. go into the s voice app and hit the settings button on lower left of your phone, then tap settings, then un-check the 2nd option "open via the home key".
as far as updates, t-mo is usually the 1st or 2nd carrier to get it in the US, but nothing yet. i'm hoping they'd fix the camera shutter lag that i love from the old s3. sigh...
We need someone to put together a thread similar to this one over on the T-Mobile S3 site - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2206668. I'd do it, but I need my phone for business and can't be constantly flashing and reflashing to test out which mods/apps work with the ATT variant.
That said, there are a few that I'm going to try myself from the T-Mobile site (after a full nandroid, of course) and I'll let you know what works...
Awesome find sir. Wish I had the time to maintain a thread here for something similar.
In the meantime, I'll be making a backup and trying out some things.
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Awesome find sir. Wish I had the time to maintain a thread here for something similar.
In the meantime, I'll be making a backup and trying out some things.
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Perhaps report back with findings? If I have some time I may try a thing or two and if it works I will let you all know
Pin it to Win it.
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We need someone to put together a thread similar to this one over on the T-Mobile S3 site - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2206668. I'd do it, but I need my phone for business and can't be constantly flashing and reflashing to test out which mods/apps work with the ATT variant.
That said, there are a few that I'm going to try myself from the T-Mobile site (after a full nandroid, of course) and I'll let you know what works...
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very good idea, I'm always looking for new things to flash....I tend to be alittle addicted to flashing
Hey guys! That is my thread Just an fyi that as I believe, the At&T and T-Mobile frameworks are almost identical with very minor difference. Therefor, nearly anything on that thread should be compatible with the AT&T model. I would be more then happy to kind of "port" my thread over to this device and perhaps create another topic on here if I can have some testers to determine any of them that dont work on this phone since I obviously have a T-mobile and not an At&t phone. Please let me know if you would like me to port it over and I would do it tommorow if there is an interest in it.
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Hey guys! That is my thread Just an fyi that as I believe, the At&T and T-Mobile frameworks are almost identical with very minor difference. Therefor, nearly anything on that thread should be compatible with the AT&T model. I would be more then happy to kind of "port" my thread over to this device and perhaps create another topic on here if I can have some testers to determine any of them that dont work on this phone since I obviously have a T-mobile and not an At&t phone. Please let me know if you would like me to port it over and I would do it tommorow if there is an interest in it.
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Im interested in this, would be really cool of you! I'll test some.
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Count me in to i have used a few already
rickleasa said:
Count me in to i have used a few already
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Ive used quite a few mods as well. So far so good!
"I know in my heart I can reach for the stars, all the things that you dream will indeed do you harm."
tp2215 said:
Hey guys! That is my thread Just an fyi that as I believe, the At&T and T-Mobile frameworks are almost identical with very minor difference. Therefor, nearly anything on that thread should be compatible with the AT&T model. I would be more then happy to kind of "port" my thread over to this device and perhaps create another topic on here if I can have some testers to determine any of them that dont work on this phone since I obviously have a T-mobile and not an At&t phone. Please let me know if you would like me to port it over and I would do it tommorow if there is an interest in it.
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Hey I've been using your thread to mod my stock S3 running the latest MF1 4.1.2 firmware. It's deodexed so all these mods might not work if you're not deodexed. Here's a list of what has worked for me so far
- Crossbreeder tweaks/script http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2113150
- 23 Toggles Mod http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1895880
- LMT Launcher (works great on any device, used it on Xperia ION before my S3) http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1330150
- TKMod Battery and Kernel Tweaks http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2207286
- Advanced Reboot Menu http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2277540
- MultiWindow Manager from PlayStore (if it asks to download a patch just say you're on the Tmo S3 and it'll say you don't need to patch anyway) https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bjbinc.multiwindowmanager&hl=en
- build.prop tweaks http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1735128
- OG YouTube Downloader (use Version 6 not 7, 7 has some issues) http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2213945
- Modded Skype (inverted and such) http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1148708
- Netflix with rotation enabled http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1178425
That's all that I've tried for now, but they're working 100% on our phones. I'll update as I try others!
Thank you to the original creators of the mods and tp2215 for his mod thread over at the TMobile forums
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Hey I've been using your thread to mod my stock S3 running the latest MF1 4.1.2 firmware. It's deodexed so all these mods might not work if you're not deodexed. Here's a list of what has worked for me so far
- Crossbreeder tweaks/script http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2113150
- 23 Toggles Mod http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1895880
- LMT Launcher (works great on any device, used it on Xperia ION before my S3) http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1330150
- TKMod Battery and Kernel Tweaks http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2207286
- Advanced Reboot Menu http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2277540
- MultiWindow Manager from PlayStore (if it asks to download a patch just say you're on the Tmo S3 and it'll say you don't need to patch anyway) https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bjbinc.multiwindowmanager&hl=en
- build.prop tweaks http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1735128
- OG YouTube Downloader (use Version 6 not 7, 7 has some issues) http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2213945
- Modded Skype (inverted and such) http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1148708
- Netflix with rotation enabled http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1178425
That's all that I've tried for now, but they're working 100% on our phones. I'll update as I try others!
Thank you to the original creators of the mods and tp2215 for his mod thread over at the TMobile forums
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I do have every single one running on the T-mobile S3 perfectly. Like I said, I am pretty sure that almost all of them should work on AT&T since it is nearly identical. The only ones that I would be careful of are any mods that modify framework.apk since it is slightly different between carriers. I was actually debating sort of "porting" this thread over to these forums however I realized that it would be much harder to maintain and keep up to date having two exact identical threads.Please feel free though to point every one in the At&t forums over to that thread since I believe that they should all work.
On another note to, check out my other tread in my sig I have a thread of ALL the ports from other devices imaginable and will be adding many more soon to!! It contains nearly all the working apps from the S4 that work great on the S3. I have also many apps from other devices that you have never heard about and ones that I have just ported myself! Check it out cause they where all tested by me on the Galaxy S3.
Being that I'm a noob (<10 posts), I can't post this in the actual ROM thread (mods, please move if you deem it appropriate).
I wanted to ask if there was a way in Google Edition 4.3 to change the clock settings to *NOT* display the hour in bold font?
Is that functionality available and I'm missing it in the settings?
Thanks yeahmann for putting that together and to the entire XDA community for all the hard work!.
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Being that I'm a noob (<10 posts), I can't post this in the actual ROM thread (mods, please move if you deem it appropriate).
I wanted to ask if there was a way in Google Edition 4.3 to change the clock settings to *NOT* display the hour in bold font?
Is that functionality available and I'm missing it in the settings?
Thanks yeahmann for putting that together and to the entire XDA community for all the hard work!.
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As far as I know you can't change the look and feel of the widget in 4.3, however you can always install Cyanogenmod cLock widget where you can customize it. Hope this helps.
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As far as I know you can't change the look and feel of the widget in 4.3, however you can always install Cyanogenmod cLock widget where you can customize it. Hope this helps.
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It does help -- thank you.
I actually ended up flashing CM-10.2 because of the availability of better config options and am so far loving it.
Thanks again and best wishes!
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It does help -- thank you.
I actually ended up flashing CM-10.2 because of the availability of better config options and am so far loving it.
Thanks again and best wishes!
P :good:
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Whenever you get a chance can you please let me know how's CM 10.2 working for you so far? I mean can that be used as a daily driver with major things (GPS, Bluetooth, NFL, camera etc) working without any issues. If so please let me know which nightly did you flash.
Thanks.
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Whenever you get a chance can you please let me know how's CM 10.2 working for you so far? I mean can that be used as a daily driver with major things (GPS, Bluetooth, NFL, camera etc) working without any issues. If so please let me know which nightly did you flash
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So far, CM 10.2 is rock-solid. I flashed The Sept 5 Nightly. Reason being - Friday gives me 2 days if something doesn't work.
I tried AOKP (too many options for me -- never thought I'd say that) and both Virgin and 'stock' GE (4.3) ROMs (a bit too stock for me).
I have so far set up email (GMail and Work using K-9 + Invitation Processor) and customized some options/appearance (cLock is da-shizznit). The camera works perfectly. I have not set up Bluetooth and not used GPS, yet, but will try both tomorrow on my way to/from work. One thing that I still need to figure out is the file-system layout inside Android (i.e. /storage/0 vs. /storage/legacy, etc...) as I'm apparently using 7.4GB out of 9.6GB available. This is probably because the stock T-Mo version left most of its guts behind and/or I incorrectly cleaned the device after having flashed all the ROMs.
One thing that I've noticed (with all the ROMs, except stock T-Mo) was that when you press the power button to lock/shut-off the screen, it ends up shutting off like an old-school TV. With the stock version, it would go dark seamlessly.
Regardless, I really enjoy having this phone now that I flashed CM on it. The fact that they provide an 'update-CM' option directly inside the settings is awesome in its own right. I'll update this thread once I give GPS and BT a run (can't promise I'll run TV apps on it, though -- that's not my cup-o-tea).
Best!
if you find certain things to be a bit buggy on CM, give Virgin Rom another try. the hardware elements of the phone work flawlessly. in an ideal world, someone would use Virgin Rom as a base and "Cyanogenize" it so that more things were customizable, such as Quick Setting toggles. CM is great, but the nightlies don't have the stability that the GE Roms have, obviously.
Thanks for your inputs...I guess back up of your old Roms may be eating up your internal space (if you have backed them up )...the old tv animation is the crt animation which Google introduced in ICS 4.0
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Thanks for your inputs...I guess back up of your old Roms may be eating up your internal space (if you have backed them up )...the old tv animation is the crt animation which Google introduced in ICS 4.0
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Aaah! Good to know (about the TV animation).
I haven't backed up my old ROMs, but I'll definitely investigate space usage once I find some time.
Tested GPS and BT this morning: played a few songs over the car radio streaming over BT - awesome.
GPS is working good, too. I get a lock within 10 seconds of starting any app requiring GPS.
Thanks to all!
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Aaah! Good to know (about the TV animation).
I haven't backed up my old ROMs, but I'll definitely investigate space usage once I find some time.
Tested GPS and BT this morning: played a few songs over the car radio streaming over BT - awesome.
GPS is working good, too. I get a lock within 10 seconds of starting any app requiring GPS.
Thanks to all!
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Even I flashed the RC2 last night. Using it for a few hours only, but it's rock solid as you mentioned.
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